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Why Google Fiber? Moat-widening Endeavor & Future of Computing.

Tech Zulu Event

To understand that assertion, let’s observe how and when Google encroached on each layer of the technology value chain required to access any web service. Web browser – even a functional computer with an OS isn’t enough to access most Google services. Google’s vision is the most ambitious of its peers.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

Their developers are just too fucking lazy to understand such protocols that every respected service on the Web (search engines…) obeys. It’s hosted by Rackspace, which is a hosting service that obviously doesn’t care much about its reputation. Do you really believe that I don’t care about machine time?

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

By making it easier to capture value for goods & services that ordinary people provide and by creating a means of storing value today that can be used in the future — currencies have literally changed society and the world. I provided a short reading list in the Appendix if you want to read directly about the history of money.

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